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fairy raths

fairy raths is the plural of fairy rath.

Meaning of fairy rath

Noun

fairy rath (plural fairy raths)

  1. (Irish) A circular meadow surrounded by a wall or mound, inhabited by fairies.
    • One gable of it was formed by the mound of a fairy Rath, against which the cabin stood endwise[.]1834, William Carleton, Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry: Second Series, volume III, Dublin: William Frederick Wakeman, page 229
    Synonyms:
    fairy fort

Questions about fairy raths

What is fairy raths the plural of?
Fairy raths is the plural of fairy rath.

Words near fairy raths in the dictionary

  1. fairy prions
  2. fairy problem
  3. fairy problems
  4. fairy puke
  5. fairy rath
  6. fairy raths
  7. fairy ring
  8. fairy ring agaric
  9. fairy ring champignon
  10. fairy ring champignons
  11. fairy ring fungus

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